Dr. Will Tuttle, visionary author, educator, and inspirational speaker, is author of the acclaimed Amazon #1 best-seller The World Peace Diet, published in 18 languages. Since 1985, Dr. Tuttle has delivered 4,000+ live audience presentations encouraging compassion and vegan living, in over 50 countries worldwide and in all 50 U.S. states.
Recipient of the Courage of Conscience Award as well as the Empty Cages Prize, he is the creator of several wellness and online advocacy training programs, and co-creator of VeganPalooza, one of the largest online vegan events ever.
Dr. Tuttle is also the author of the recently-released Food for Freedom, on the interconnection of health freedom and animal liberation, as well as Your Inner Islands: The Keys to Intuitive Living. He is editor of Circles of Compassion: Connecting Issues of Justice, focusing on the interconnection of social justice issues, as well as of Buddhism & Veganism: Essays Connecting Spiritual Awakening and Animal Liberation. He is the co-founder of the non-profit Circle of Compassion and the Worldwide Prayer Circle for Animals. A vegan since 1980, he is a frequent radio, television, and online presenter and writer. He is featured in the acclaimed documentary film Cowspiracy as well as other documentaries such as Christspiracy, Prayer for Compassion, Vegan: Everyday Stories; HOPE: What You Eat Matters, and Animals and the Buddha.
Dr. Tuttle’s Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, focused on educating intuition and altruism in adults, and his doctoral dissertation was nominated for the Best Dissertation Award. He has taught college courses in philosophy, humanities, mythology, religion, and creativity. A former Zen Buddhist monk and a Dharma Master in the Korean Zen tradition, he has created ten CD albums of uplifting original piano music as well as several spoken word meditation CDs.
His book, Bursting Light has sheet music of 15 of his piano compositions, with 25 watercolor paintings by his spouse Madeleine, a Swiss visionary artist. He has also created Daily VegInspirations, a book of excerpts from The World Peace Diet with Zen brush paintings by Madeleine. Dr. Tuttle has presented extensively throughout North America and worldwide at college campuses, spiritual centers, conferences, and peace, social justice, animal protection, health, and environmental gatherings.
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